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Cover art by Emily Mendoza from The Giving Flower written by Alda P. Dobbs. Melissa Hung on curating The Art of Grace Lin for The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Martha Meyer examines the Blueberry Awards Committee’s anti-anxiety criteria for nature and climate books. A Publisher’s Perspective: Jason Low...
I started writing books for very young children in anger. A strange admission, I know. I was receiving a wobbly stack of board books to review for Kirkus each month, and I often vented about how developmentally inappropriate many were. I got holiday titles that read like extra-thick greeting cards...
This week on hbook.com... From the March/April 2025 Horn Book Magazine: Horn Book Reminiscences: Horn Book Editors I've Known and Loved Before by Cathryn M. Mercier Board Book Roundup: The Fabric of Baby Books by Rachel G. Payne Out of the Box: Baseball and unicorns by Elissa...
Which material to use to help the printed word survive rambunctious young readers is a long-running question, with solutions ranging from the translucent mica of early hornbooks to Tyvek in twenty-first-century “Indestructibles.” One solution is fabric. Books for children were first printed on cotton or linen in 1902 by toy...
Photo: Bet_Noire/Getty Images. Belated welcome, 2025! We recently closed our next issue, so we finally have time to revisit everything that happened in 2024 — and what an exciting centennial year it was! We always enjoy looking back on the past twelve months in the world of children's and YA...
...one of our favorite days of the year! To help you celebrate, here are some recommended books, Horn Book Fanfare 2024 2024 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners 2025 ALA Youth Media Award winners Board Book Roundup: A Golden Age of Board Books by Rachel G. Payne (September/October 2024 Magazine) The...
This week on hbook.com... Daniel Nayeri and Matt Rockefeller Talk with Roger about Drawn Onward From the September/October 2024 Horn Book Magazine: Board Book Roundup: A Golden Age of Board Books by Rachel G. Payne Calling Caldecott: My Block Looks Like by Adrienne L. Pettinelli The Fastest...